Check out the other O'Keeffe.

Dallas Museum of Art 's Ida Ten Eyck O’Keeffe exhibit launched November 18 and runs through February 24, celebrating the life and art of Georgia's younger sister. The first stop on a national tour, the exhibit will cover around 50 paintings, watercolors, prints, and drawings collected in one place for the first time. Don't expect flowers and Southwestern motifs. Ida's paintings are more geometric in their technique, and her most iconic series is of lighthouses. (Admission to the special exhibit is $16, while admission to the museum's main collection is free.) Head to the museum on February 15 and March 15 for Late Nights at the DMA, when the museum is open until 11 p.m. and there are extra tours, screenings, and concerts on show. Admission to Late Nights is $10.

Celebrate Dallas's daughter, Erykah Badu.

There are birthdays and then there are Badu birthdays. This year, the Dallas native is celebrating on February 23 at a bash that has previously featured the likes of Leon Bridges, Dave Chappelle, and Willow Smith. Tickets ($40) are still available for the all-out party hosted at local concert venue Bomb Factory. The line-up for this year's birthday party (the singer's 48th) hasn't been announced yet, so keep an eye out on the event page for updates. It's sure to be a rollicking time.

Start spring early.

Thanks to Dallas's more temperate weather—we're looking at you, two-month-long winter—spring starts early. And you can enjoy it in its fullest glory at the Dallas Arboretum's "Dallas Blooms" showcase, featuring more than 100 types of flowers and more than 500,000 blooms in total. This year, with the "Life's a Picnic" theme, there will also be a 40-foot-by-40-foot topiary picnic blanket and plenty of event for you to bring your own blanket for movie nights and kids activities. You can find a full schedule of events (including To Catch a Thief and Out of Africa screenings) between February 23 to April 7here.

Embrace your inner cowboy.

Houston and Ft. Worth may have some top-notch rodeos—but Dallas's competes with sheer size, thanks to the annual American Rodeo hosted in AT&T Stadium, usually home to the Dallas Cowboys. Spread over the weekend of March 2 and 3, the rodeo includes competitive bull and bareback riding, steer wrestling, roping, and barrel racing—yeehaw! Plus, tickets are as low as $20. (If you need to snag a pair of boots for the occasion, stop in

Go wild with Jeremy Scott.

Before the acclaimed Dior fashion exhibits travels to the DMA in May, stop by Dallas Contemporary's free Jeremy Scott retrospective—on through March 17. Spanning his more than 20-year career, the museum shows off some of his most iconic (and avant-garde) clothes, handbags, and footwear, plus behind the scenes looks at his Jeremy Scott and Moschino runway shows.